Press Releases
Warren Calls on Environmental Protection Agency to Implement and Strengthen Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Efforts
Washington, DC - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to use and improve equity screening and mapping tools to identify and invest in vulnerable communities, specifically requesting the agency to submit a plan within the next two months to improve the EJSCREEN tool and expand its use in federal environmental decision making. EJSCREEN provides the EPA and the public with a nationally consistent … Continue Reading
October 20, 2020
Sixteen Senate Democrats to HHS and Treasury: Produce an Analysis of Health Coverage Losses in the U.S. if the ACA is Overturned
Washington, DC -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chris Murphy (D-C.T.), joined by Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-H.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-C.T.), Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Benjamin L. Cardin (D-M.D.), Sherrod Brown (D-O.H.), Mark R. Warner (D-V.A.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the … Continue Reading
October 19, 2020
Warren Urges More Rigorous Bank Merger Reviews as the Justice Department Looks to Update Its Guidelines
Washington, DC -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter Friday, October 16th to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, to raise concerns that in updating its 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review guidelines for the first time in 25 years, DOJ "seeks to weaken the already insufficient process currently in place to review bank mergers, making it even easier for these mergers to occur." "Weakening these rules … Continue Reading
October 19, 2020
At Warren, Peters, and Murray Request, Independent Watchdog Agrees to Investigate Trump Administration Political Interference at FDA and CDC
Response from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) hereSenators' initial request to GAO hereWashington, DC - At the request of United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the … Continue Reading
October 16, 2020
Senator Warren Joins Colleagues in Calling on Library of Congress to Recognize Armenian Genocide Despite Trump Administration's Denial
WASHINGTON - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Shelton Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Cory Booker (D-N.J), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in calling for the Library of Congress' record on the Armenian Genocide to reflect both scholarly and … Continue Reading
October 15, 2020
Warren Joins Schatz, Colleagues to Condemn Amazon’s Anti-Union Practices and Investment in Employee Surveillance Technology
Washington, DC — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), to send a joint letter to Amazon calling for the company to stop suppressing workers’ right to organize. This comes after reporting on an internal memo outlining the company’s plans to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on software designed in part to track employee activism, mandatory overtime, and so-called … Continue Reading
October 15, 2020
Warren Calls for SEC, CFTC Insider Trading Investigation of Pandemic Profiteering Resulting from Trump Administration's COVID-19 "Early Warning" to Republican Donors, Insiders, and Investors
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) formally requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) conduct an insider trading investigation after reports that in February, Trump administration officials privately gave dire warnings to conservative allies and Republican donors about the risks to the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic while President Donald Trump was publicly optimistic about the impact … Continue Reading
October 15, 2020
Following "Prime Days," Massachusetts Lawmakers Question Amazon About High Rate of Serious Injuries among Warehouse Workers
Washington, DC -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy (D-MA-04) expressed concern that, as evidence mounts of unsafe working conditions for Amazon warehouse workers, the company continues to respond by rolling out PR campaigns and misrepresenting workers' injury risk to Congress and the public rather than implementing meaningful changes that protect workers. The lawmakers questioned whether Amazon made any … Continue Reading
October 14, 2020
Warren, Haaland Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Broadband Application Deadline
Washington, DC - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) introduced a bill to expand the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's) 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window. This bill will allow Tribal Nations and Native Hawaiian organizations the time they need to apply for spectrum licenses for unassigned spectrum over their own lands--a critical step to expanding broadband access in their communities. The FCC created the 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal … Continue Reading
October 14, 2020
ICYMI: Senator Warren Boston Globe Op-Ed: The Affordable Care Act and coverage for Massachusetts residents is at risk
Read full op-ed hereWashington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with Amy Rosenthal, executive director of Health Care for All, and Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, published an op-ed in The Boston Globe discussing the threat to health care for over 375,000 Massachusetts residents and tens of millions of Americans if Republicans ram through a Supreme Court nomination 20 days before the election. Key sections below. Read the full op-ed … Continue Reading
October 14, 2020
Warren to Walt Disney Company: Explain Why You Have Prioritized Risky Stock Buybacks, Dividend Payments, and High Executive Pay Over Your Own Workers
Washington, DC -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company to obtain information on the company's announced layoffs of 28,000 workers and the company's recent prioritization of stock buybacks, dividend payments, and high executive pay may have exacerbated its current financial problems. "In the years leading up to this crisis, your company prioritized the enrichment of executives and stockholders through hefty … Continue Reading
October 12, 2020
ICYMI: Senator Warren Rolling Stone Op-Ed: How to Honor RBG's Legacy - and the Dangers of Confirming Amy Coney Barrett
Read full op-ed hereWashington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in Rolling Stone honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and discussing the threat to health care for tens of millions of Americans if Republicans ram through a Supreme Court nomination 22 days before the election. Key sections below. Read the full op-ed here. I remember when I was a young mother and I was at Rutgers, trying something as seemingly outlandish as going to law school. It … Continue Reading
October 09, 2020
Warren, Smith Question Top Retail Testing Providers Companies on Lack of Pediatric Testing at Their COVID-19 Testing Sites
Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent letters to five of the largest retail testing providers and the National Community Pharmacists Association requesting information on the availability of pediatric testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at their COVID-19 testing sites. Though accessible testing for adults and children is crucial to … Continue Reading
October 09, 2020
Warren, Murray, Peters Call for GAO to Investigate Trump Administration Interference in FDA and CDC Coronavirus Decisions That Have Undermined Public Trust
Washington, DC -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an immediate investigation to understand the extent of undue political influence at the Centers For … Continue Reading
October 08, 2020
Senators Warren and Markey, and Reps. Pressley and Lynch Demand Answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on West Roxbury Stop
Washington, DC - Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Stephen Lynch (MA-05), today wrote to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding answers to questions surrounding the October 6, 2020, apparent stop-and-detention of Bena Apreala, a Black man, while jogging in West Roxbury. The letter seeks information from ICE about the incident and why ICE was operating in West Roxbury. On October 6, 2020, … Continue Reading
October 08, 2020
ICYMI: Elizabeth Warren The Cut Op-Ed: We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Feels About Abortion. Don't let Republicans Pretend otherwise
Read the full op-ed here Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in The Cut on how Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee was picked to overturn Roe v. Wade and turn back the clock on reproductive rights. Senator Warren writes that voting is already under way across the country and with only 26 days before the election is completed, we cannot fill this Supreme Court seat until after the next president is installed.Read the full op-ed … Continue Reading
October 07, 2020
As Fed Allows Banks to Pay Out Billions in Dividends, Senator Warren Asks the Largest Financial Institutions How They Are Assessing and Mitigating Risks Resulting from the COVID-19 Induced Recession
Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions sent letters to the largest banks -- those with over $250 billion in total consolidated assets -- requesting information on how these institutions are assessing and mitigating risks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Warren raised concerns about the Federal Reserve Board … Continue Reading
October 06, 2020
Warren Joins Tester, Colleagues in Urging VA Take a “Proactive Role” in Ensuring Quality Care at State Veterans Homes
Washington, D.C. — United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai’i), in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to step up its monitoring and support of these long-term care facilities, to better protect the health and lives of veterans—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their letter follows … Continue Reading
October 06, 2020
Warren, Feinstein, Capito, Clark, Stivers Call Out DEA's "Foot-Dragging" on Critical Regulations to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Washington, DC - A bipartisan group of lawmakers including United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) are again calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to finalize "partial fill" regulations as … Continue Reading
October 05, 2020
Senate Democrats Release New Report Detailing How Supreme Court Nominee Could Escalate Corporate Takeover of Our Judiciary
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) released a new report detailing how President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court could solidify the corporate capture of our courts. The report highlights how The Roberts Five - the five-justice Republican majority led by Chief Justice Roberts - and President Donald … Continue Reading
